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I haven’t fully decided whether or not to press release this, but it’s official: I’m the first Q Grader for the Coffee Quality Institute from the State of Hawaii. Building on the SCAA Cupping Judge sensory exams completed earlier this year, there was only one remaining written exam to add “Q” licensing to my list [...]

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Kamuela, HI (MARKETWIRE) January 28, 2007 – Andrew Hetzel of coffee consultancy Cafemakers has become the first Hawaii resident to be certified as a coffee Cupping Judge by the Specialty Coffee Association of America. In a 5-day series of exams held this January in Waterbury, Vermont, Mr. Hetzel successfully completed 21 sensory skill and coffee [...]

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Kamuela, Hawaii (PRWEB) June 26, 2007 – Specialty coffee consultant Andrew Hetzel of Cafemakers, LLC has been named one of the Forty Under 40 top young business leaders in the State of Hawaii for 2007 by Pacific Business News. In a standing room only award ceremony held at the Hawaii Convention Center in Honolulu on [...]

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